false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255984834m/3715470.jpg 280352 9 <div>When perpetual bachelor Gunder Jomann goes to India for two weeks and comes home married, the town of Elvestad is stunned. On the day the Indian bride is supposed to arrive, the battered body of a woman is found in a meadow on the outskirts of town. None of the "good people of Elvestad" can believe that anyone among them would be capable of such a brutal murder. But in his quiet, formal way, Inspector Konrad Sejer understands that good people can commit atrocious deeds, and that no one is altogether innocent&#8212;including the café owner who knows too much, the girl who wants to be a chief witness, and the bodybuilder with no outlet for his terrible strength. <br><br><br><br>Another brilliantly conceived, dark novel from one of Europe&#8217;s most successful crime writers.<br><br></div> 271948 2000 The Indian Bride total:258|5:45|4:109|3:84|2:15|1:5| 258 948 378 73 4 1 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 17:25:58 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:50:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 16:16:36 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 18:17:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 18:00:42 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 18:19:20 -0800 2008
This is one of the "Inspector Sejer"...more...]]> 2 0 false true Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 11:25:19 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 11:31:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 15:18:47 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 08:11:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 03 21:34:30 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 20:21:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 03:56:18 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 06:00:44 -0700 2008 TITLE/AUTHOR: THE INDIAN BRIDE by Karin Fossum
RATING: 5/A
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Mystery/ 2001 Norway & 2007 English translation/297 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: #5 in Inspector Konrad Sejer series
TIME/PLACE: 1990's/Norway
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Gunder, a Norwegian bachelor, travels to India to find a bride. He and Poona marry, and she is scheduled to come back to Norway. Only, she disappears after her arrival, and her beaten body is found in a field. Gunder couldn’t pick her up as planned because hi...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 08:52:10 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 09:09:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 10 11:40:18 -0800 2009 Sat Jun 13 01:21:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 09:56:19 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 17:07:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 14 09:28:37 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 11:44:00 -0700 2009 And that means, everything except the author's understanding of her character, and it is so woefully wrong that it is aweful in the 'banally cliched' type of aweful.

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Fossum is very subtle in how she lays things out. I really am starting to love t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 10:52:28 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 18:30:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 11 18:30:18 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 20:03:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 21:09:22 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 09:17:01 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 11 12:03:20 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 12:04:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 21 12:31:53 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 07:46:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 11:10:45 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 15:08:37 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3715470